The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-16

NAlue ana Interest. mere are a humber Oh
old records there concerning the manage
ment of the hospital, and one of the rarest
is part of the records of Andersonville, in
1861 Mr.. Dempsey prizes these articles
very highly and will, some day, get a good
price for them.
FLORIDA.
S. C. Bevill, of Gainesville, died Saturday
aged A years
Sumterville's municipal election occurs
next Saturday.
A lodge of Odd Fellows will probably be
organized at Palatka in the near future
Thomas j. Rawles, builder and under
taker and one of the old residents of ITALIA
hassee, died Saturday.
T. c. Gass, one of Gainesv lilies most
thrifty colored citizens. is erecting a nice
s., 900 residence near his present home.
j. s. Cowdon, formerly of ST. Augustine,
has been promoted from 81 600 to 81 200
clerkship in the pension bureau at Washing
ton.
q DIR. Hart brought into Lakeland last
week beet that weighed nine pounds and
measured twenty-five inches in circumfer
ance. 1t will be preserved for the Sub
Tropical.
The master of the Jacob A. Stamler, hear
ing of the misfortune which had overtaken
with the stuff, made his will before taking
his departure.
The Spanish rum found on Hog Island,
and brought into Key West by Capt. Joseph
Roberts, was not sold last Tuesday in conSe-
quence of the prices offered, not being sufii-
cient TO cover the duty
The fact that w. c. Hargrove has been
appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Putnam county. does not signify that Will
liam +. Forward Is guilty of the charges
made by certain parties.
The Mascotte, from Havana Wednesday
night, brought to Key West "a passengers,
50 bales tobacco, no casks claret wine and
over 200 packages of fruit and vegetables,
besides other merchandise.
The county printing Of Monroe will here
after be given out by contract. The County
Commissioners have notified all proprietors
of newspapers in Key West of their deter
mination, and bids have been asked.
At Orlando the firm of ]. H. Meggs &
Co, has dissolved partnership, L. l.. Meggs
having bought the interest of 7. c. Gooding
in the business, which will be continued
under the name of j. H. Meggs d Bro.
Clinton Snead tcoloredl, member of the
Legislature for the last two terms, brought
in the first bale of new cotton from Leon
county Saturday. The bale weighed 40S
pounds and was sold to H. A. Levy at 10lIc.
per pound. Last year he was ten days
earlier with his first bale.
The workshop of McDermott & Higgs, at
Key West, was found to be on fire last Tues
day morning. The engines were soon on
hand, but the flames were Subdued before
| they had chance to render assistance. 1t
| originated through the carelesSness of one
of the carpenters who Lit his pipe and
threw the match on the floor near a pile of
shavings
B. K. Prevatt, postmaster and editor of
! the Orange City Times, leaves this week for
Ohio, where he goes to accept the invita-
ton of Capt. A. b. Colt, of the Fourteenth
regiment, State troops, to go into camp
with him at Lancaster, that State. He viii
also accompany them TO Gettysburg, Wash
ington and Philadelphia. During his alb
sence the Times will be conducted by Dr.
II. s. Allyn, associate editor.
Friday night some negroes employed in
the logging camp of R. G. Welby, near
Baldwin, got into row. George Stanchin
procured a shotgun and started in search of
Nelson Flowers He soon discovered him,
and, aiming the gun, fired. The shot missed
Flowers, but took effect In George Brown,
also colored, who was standing a short dis
lance away Brown is very seriously hurt
and will probably die. After the shooting
Stanchin escaped to neighboring swamp,
and all attempts made TO capture him have
SO lar proved luLlle.
Key West Democrat. Admiral Luce,
writing from Portland, Me-, il much inter-
ested in our getting the dry dock transfer
red 10 this place, He is also greatly inter
ested in the progress Of our artesian well,
and will be glad to learn that fresh water
has been struck, although it will not yet
run out at the surface. The parties having
the well in charge for some reason are in
terested in keeping their success in striking
To 81 ,aI, q
was struck was something over 500 feet.
Strata similar to st Augustine.
AT a meeting of the contractors organ
imtion Of Pensacola Friday night it was
resolved that the nav rules regarding the
stowage of timber and lumber in Pensacola
Bay should go into effect and force Satur-
day morning, except in cases of vessels
which have already commenced loading
The fixed rate of stowage is rs follows:
One dollar aud fifteen cents per load on
timber, including the lumber used in stow
age; 81 per 1000 for lumber going coast
wise; 90c. per 1000 for lumber going abroad {;
81 rs per load on timber slowed in steamers
81 25 per load on lumber slowed in steam
ers; 81 30 per load on oak. A crowd of
men who had started TO work Saturday
morning for a non-member of the organiza-
ton were forced to return ashore.
The excitement at Jacksonville Sunday
was caused over the report that a young
bookkeeper named John Dinneen, who for
merly was employed with Clark & LOTUS
the big furniture firm of that city, had been
cut fatally. An investigation showed that
Dinneon AMI a party of friends had been out
on a Saturday night lark and Sunday morn
ing abont 3:30 o'clock n row enSued. During
the row Dinnecn was badly cut with PEN
knife and would haSe bled TO death but for
the fortunate arrival of policeman, who
hearing his cries came up and seeing
his precarious condition rang
for a physician who stopped the bleeding
Dinneen was too weak TO give any def
mite explanation as TO how the row com
Inenced or who cut him. but Sunday morn
ing young white man named Simmons,
who Is an employee OF Boyne q Co., another